Arduous Quotes

When asked why in his mid-sixties he took on the arduous task of starring in an 18-hour mini-series "The Winds of War" (1983) (mini): "It promised a year of free lunches."

(on Joan Crawford) She was always so arduous and working so hard at everything; at dancing, on her looks, on her speech and on her carriage. She was dedicated to self-improvement.

I am a realist as well as an idealist, and I think that it is incumbent upon those of us in opposition to try to work within what are always arduous circumstances to stretch the limits of the possible.

Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

I learned that picking crabs is a very arduous process,

(Though an arduous journey for Sanders, the humble impresario noted his is a backseat on the producing team.) I actually asked her if she would put her name above the title as a presenter as well as a producer and she said `I can`t do that to you, you`ve been working on this for eight years, I`d never do that.` ... My name doesn`t sell two tickets, put your name on the marquee.

In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.

A man who dreads trials and difficulties cannot become a revolutionary. If he is to become a revolutionary with an indomitable fighting spirit, he must be tempered in the arduous struggle from his youth. As the saying goes, early training means more than late earning.

The preparatory education of candidates for knighthood was long and arduous.

The road to true racial justice has proved, as we always knew it would, a long and arduous distance we have travelled.